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Mencke, Bernadette Kristine Buchanan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the impact of the Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill) on African Americans' quest for higher education. The central question guiding this study follows: Why has higher education been so elusive for African Americans? With reference to this question, the following sub-questions were addressed: (1) How can the…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American Community, Race, War
Curtin, Thomas R.; Cahalan, Margaret W. – US Department of Education, 2005
The U.S. Department of Education's Strategic Plan for 2002-2007 (U.S. Department of Education 2002) established an objective to "reduce the gaps in college access and completion among student populations differing by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and disability while increasing the educational attainment of all." Upward Bound, which made…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, First Generation College Students, Science Programs, Educational Finance